St. John VI restaurants

[liamsaunt]

10 hours ago, Smithy said:

Well the food looks good even though it took forever. Is that an actual stiltwalker, or just a good statue / sculpture beside the "Sails Beachside" sign?

It’s a person. The stilts they dance on can be up to 15 feet high. These were a bit shorter than that. The mocko jumbie is the cultural ambassador for the USVI. 

[liamsaunt]

Today was another relaxing day. Condo breakfast

 

 

And then off to the beach. 
 

We borrowed some fins from the beach hut and spent most of the day snorkeling.  I have not looked at my photos yet. The snorkeling on St. Thomas cannot compare to St. John, not even a little bit. We did see some grouper, snapper, barracuda, rays etc. The coral was almost all dead, not surprising given how warm the ocean has been, but sad to see.

 

 

We cancelled our original reservation for this evening, and walked back to Caribbean Fish Market for dinner, mostly because husband wanted to get the wahoo I had the other night.  This ended up being an unwise choice.  
 

 

Husband ordered a martini, and I ordered a club soda with lime

 

 

When I took a sip, it turned out they gave me a glass of vodka with a splash of soda and a lime wedge! That was a big surprise to say the least. They swapped it out pretty quickly.

 

We shared tuna nachos. They were OK.

 

 

Husband got the wahoo he wanted. The piece I had was thicker and better cooked than his portion.

 

 

I ordered coconut shrimp. They were a little bland. I ended up peeling off the coating.  The menu description said they came with mango salsa, but instead there was just what tasted like a jarred sweet mango chutney. The rice on the side was terribly overcooked too.  The pickled carrots were tasty.   Good thing I was not really hungry! 
 

 

Ever optimistic, we shared a slice of coconut cake with dark chocolate ice cream. One bite each and we were done with this dessert. It was….not great. We will leave it at that. 
 

 

Oh well. Not every meal is going to be great.  We are going to some new places the next few nights and hopefully our luck will improve.  

[MaryIsobel]

Sorry that it was not a stellar dinner for you but you seem to do pretty well with eating out on vacatione. Hopefully things will turn around food-wise for you!

[Smithy]

I would never, except perhaps at gunpoint, order coconut cake, but I'm surprised and disappointed on your behalf that even the dark chocolate ice cream wasn't worthwhile! Too bad about the rest of the meal too, but as MaryIsobel notes above you generally seem to do well. This helps us see that you aren't prettying things up for our benefit. 🙂

 

[liamsaunt]

10 hours ago, Smithy said:

I would never, except perhaps at gunpoint, order coconut cake, but I'm surprised and disappointed on your behalf that even the dark chocolate ice cream wasn't worthwhile! Too bad about the rest of the meal too, but as MaryIsobel notes above you generally seem to do well. This helps us see that you aren't prettying things up for our benefit. 🙂

 

It was probably a mistake to order the coconut cake.  However, it’s one of our favorite desserts in Provincetown on our Cape Cod vacations.  The “dark chocolate” ice cream tasted exactly like a kid’s fudgcicle. We were…not impressed.  Tonight is looking more promising though. We are going on a sunset sail and then having dinner at a “new to us” highly rated seafood restaurant. We’ll see! 😀

[liamsaunt]

Same condo breakfast as yesterday

 

 

We spent the day snorkeling again, and had better luck finding lots of creatures hiding inside the mostly dead reef. I still have not looked at our underwater photos yet.  At this point I will probably wait until I am home, since tomorrow is our last full day.

 

We took a sunset sail from the hotel side of the resort. Leaving from the beach 

 

 

I was able to get a better shot of the ruined house I am obsessed with. It is massive.

 

 

I suggested that my husband buy me this waterfront property.  A reasonable request, don’t you think? 😂

 

 

A view of St. John across the water.  This side of the island is where most of the residences and businesses are. The other side is mostly National Park and undeveloped. 

 

 

There was food on the boat, but we didn’t eat much since we were going to dinner. I saw caprese skewers, shrimp seveche, chicken sliders, and goat cheese tarts go by. There was an open bar too, but we just relaxed and took in the views.

 

 

 

 

Back to the resort, and then out to dinner

 

 

We went to Three Palms.  Menu

 

 

Drinks. Husband had a cucumber cocktail, and I had club soda

 

 

We shared the gambas ajillo, which were nice and garlicky. They were in a deep bowl, so it was hard to get a picture of them.

 

 

Husband also wanted to order the lobster dumplings. He liked them. I tried a bite but wasn’t in the mood.  

 

 

I had the swordfish, which was nicely cooked

 

 

And he had the mahi, which was also perfectly cooked

 

 

Dessert was a passionfruit panna cotta with guava crust and mango. We did not like this. It was too bitter.  The rest of the dinner was really good though, so we did not mind too much. 

 

 

Edited yesterday at 02:54 AM by liamsaunt (log)

[liamsaunt]

It rained quite a bit overnight and remained overcast today.

 

Instead of swimming, we spent the day birding and looking for sea glass.  Dinner was at Mim’s Seaside Bistro, a long time restaurant on St. Thomas

 

 

The menu is massive. This is one of the three drink menus. 

 

 

 

 

 

The setting is very casual.  They have an outdoor patio area right next to the water, but were seating everyone under the roof as it had been raining off and on all day. I think they were a little overbooked because of not being able to use those outdoor tables. 
 

 

I grabbed a picture in between seatings

 

 

We had to start with conch fritters. They were very good with big chunks of conch

 

I had grilled shrimp with seasoned rice and vegetables 

 

 

And husband had a big lobster 

 

 

We shared a slice of key lime pie for dessert

 

 

Moon rise from the patio

 

 

We fly home tomorrow. We are booked to come back to St. John for two weeks this summer, and I doubt we will come back over to St. Thomas during that trip, but I ended up liking the visit very much. There are certainly more restaurant options on this island, and we enjoyed most of the places we tried.